Today we celebrate the Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day and our own International Cuisine Day at our Orpington office! Our Gravesend office will also be taking part on Thursday 19th. We are all getting in the Christmas Spirit and trying lots of delicious international foods! Manak Solicitors prides itself on being a diverse and creative workplace, and we have foods from all over the world made by our staff including jerk chicken from the Caribbean, Samosa’s from India, and some Great British classics like Scones & Jam and Cottage Pie. It’s a great experience for us all to come together to celebrate diversity by trying cuisine from our home countries.With it also being Christmas Jumper Day, we have all donned our best Christmas jumpers in support of Save The Children. We are each giving a couple of pounds to this very worthy cause. If you would like to read more about the initiative and donate to the charity yourself, please visit www.savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jumper-day .Special thanks go to all our staff for taking part in these festivities!

Manak sponsored swimmer Jaedon Lynch opened the first week of the Kent County swimming Championships 2020 on a positive note.Jaedon competed in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke events on Saturday 18th January 2020, where he was successful in winning a silver and a bronze medal in both events. Jaedon also achieved three personal best times over the first weekend.Jaedon is now preparing for the second week of the Championships which are due to take place on the weekend of 25th January 2020 at the Crystal Palace Indoor Sports Centre and where he will be competing over two days in the following events:-400m Individual Medley200m Freestyle100m Freestyle100m Backstroke200m BackstrokeWe wish Jaedon a very successful championship.

Friday 29th November was the date for the Sevenoaks Christmas Lights Switch On and Manak Solicitors were proud to be a main sponsor for the event! It was an amazing evening in Sevenoaks as the entire town came out to see the entertainment on the main stage and all the great festivities around the town supported by local businesses.  The Christmas Lights were spectacular and have made Sevenoaks a very Christmassy town on the run up to the big day!On the stage turning on the lights were the cast of The Stag Theatre’s Christmas Panto Aladdin and Sevenoaks Mayor Cllr Nicholas Busvine. Also on the stage performing for everyone were The Stag Gospel Choir, Dance-Worx Dance Group, Amherst School Choir, My Cool Singers, local music star Robbie White and Elsa & Olaf from Disney’s Frozen! It was a great way to bring in the Christmas season and thank you to everyone who performed and supported these acts on the night.Also around Sevenoaks High Street were local businesses putting up Christmas stalls, food and drink, and lots of attractions for everyone to use! It’s always special seeing the whole of Sevenoaks coming together to put on an incredible event. We would also like to thank all the organisers of the Christmas Lights Switch On, as this would not have been possible without their incredible effort!We were filming on the night, so be on the look out for videos of the event on Manak TV!

Light Up Orpington 2019 4K from Manak Solicitors on Vimeo.

We were so excited for Light Up Orpington this year! Thank you to everyone that came to our stall and tried our incredible VR games and took a photo in our giant snow globe!Our brilliant Virtual Reality team set up two HTC Vive VR systems, with the Christmas classic Merry Snowballs on one and Fruit Ninja on the other. It was great to see everyone so excited to play these games, and seeing their huge smiles while they were transported to the virtual world.The giant snow globe was massive hit just like last year. It was an unmissable photo opportunity and it was great to see everyone playing in the snow! The fireworks were incredible as they lit up the night sky.As always, a big thank you goes out to Sunshine Events who provided us with the equipment, and to Orpington 1st for putting on such an amazing event. We’re already looking forward to next year!

Manak Solicitors are returning to Light Up Orpington 2019 event with Christmas cheer for everyone, in the form of Virtual Reality!Manak Solicitors Virtual Reality Experience – Light Up Orpington 2018 from Manak Solicitors on Vimeo.Have a snowball fight in the middle of Orpington High Street or wield lightsabers! Everything is possible in VR as the massively popular Merry Snowballs VR and BeatSaber will be an experience you do not want to miss.The Light Up Orpington event is on Thursday 14th November, starting at 4pm. Our stall will be completely free of charge! Our VR experts will be on hand to show you how to use the devices and help you in the snow globe. Our giant snow globe will be there for you to take photos with to show the family! This proved to be extremely popular last year so make sure you get in line early. You won’t want to miss it!

On Thursday 7th November, Manak Solicitors held their Sevenoaks Office Opening Drinks Reception, inviting many esteemed guests to introduce our brand new office at 46 London Road in style. We were incredibly honoured to be able to host Sevenoaks MP and former Defence Secretary Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon, who took time out of his busy schedule to welcome us to our new office. We were equally pleased to welcome the Sevenoaks Mayor Cllr Nicholas Busvine, who was kind enough to address our guests with some very kind words alongside Manak Solicitors Managing Director Surinder Manak. Of course a huge thank you goes out to all our attendees, who took the time to visit our brand new premises and welcome us into the community.Performing at the reception was The Lewis Project, an incredible organisation that supports mental wellbeing in young people though music. These hugely talented young people played a wonderful set for the duration of the event and provided us with a great backing track to our office opening. We first met The Lewis Project at the Abbey Road event in Sevenoaks this October, and we have loved being able to support their cause.Once again, thank you to all of our guests from across Sevenoaks who very kindly took the time out of their evening to come to our office opening. Our continued expansion and ability to serve the Sevenoaks community would not be possible without these people.

Manak Solicitors have officially opened the doors to their most ambitious project to date. After 18 months occupying an upstairs office space in Bligh’s Meadow, the Lexcel accredited multi-office law firm have moved to a modern two floor space at 46 London Road.The move represents a significant upgrade on the experience Sevenoaks based clients can expect at Manak. Jas Jandu, Director at the Sevenoaks office enthuses, “This is a truly stunning space and we believe it sets a new benchmark for client experience in a high street Solicitors. The combination of bright and welcoming rooms is complemented by the ultra-modern technology that underpins everything throughout. We really are trying to push the boundaries of what clients can expect from us, or any other Solicitors for that matter. It goes without saying that we are all extremely proud of this move”.46 London Road houses 2 spacious meeting rooms, an expansive reception area and beautifully constructed waiting area within the building’s original fireplace. Accessibility was a primary focus for this premises; a large front door at street level ensures wheelchair access is well catered for. Furthermore, dedicated male and female toilets are complemented by a large disabled toilet at ground level. Staff are located on the upper floor to ensure absolute privacy and file confidentiality.

Watch Our Video To See The Best Of The Ferrari’s!Manak Solicitors were proud to sponsor the Sevenoaks Ferrari Day on Sunday 15th September at The Vine Gardens. Organised by the Ferrari Owners Club in collaboration with Sevenoaks Town Council, the event saw Ferrari’s from all over the country come to Sevenoaks and show themselves off for the crowds. The weather was perfect and seeing all of the families and enthusiasts in attendance was great to see!After a parade through Sevenoaks, a large number of Ferrari’s parked themselves in The Vine Gardens with their iconic red (and a couple of yellow and blue) paintwork shining in the bright sun. From old classics to new supercars, there was something from every era here! Kids loved seeing the F1 car at the entrance and there were photo opportunities all over the gardens.Talking about photo opportunities, the Mario Brothers were in town to celebrate! You could find them around the grounds taking photos with all the guests. Also there as entertainment was the singer Wayne Woodward of Britains Got Talent Fame! He sang swing classics from the Vine Pavilion and put on quite the show, even taking some requests from the crowd.It was an excellent event and we were very proud to have been involved. Thank you to all the owners that brought their Ferrari’s to Sevenoaks specifically for this, and thank you to all the attendees for making this one of our events of the year!